Tensions have erupted in the Georgia case against former President Donald Trump, with a lawyer for one of his co-defendants leveling a bombshell claim that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis committed a felony in Maryland.
Christopher Kachouroff, an attorney representing Trump co-defendant Harrison Floyd, alleged in a recent interview that Willis’s office illegally recorded a call between her office and one of Kachouroff’s colleagues.
Because the phone call was made to Maryland, if it was recorded without two-way consent it would be a felony crime.
“She did reach out to us, one of my colleagues in Maryland, and was rude, abrupt with him on the phone … and she ended up recording him,” Kachouroff stated.
When asked about the legality, he simply said, “Oh yeah, it’s a felony in Maryland” to record someone without their consent.
Floyd backed up the accusation on social media and said regardless of where the call originated, Willis “did not get the lawyer’s consent to be recorded and has committed multiple felonies and will be held accountable.”
I don’t want to put a black woman in Jail.
But if @FaniforDA does not recuse herself from this case by noon on Monday, I may have no other choice than to pursue all lawful remedies.
Make Fulton Great Again #FaniWillis #fultoncounty #corrupt #Georgia pic.twitter.com/D89OF3Bemq
— Harrison Floyd 🇺🇸 (@hw_floyd) April 5, 2024
The allegations are the latest in an increasingly tense relationship between the District Attorney’s office and the defense teams for Trump and his 18 co-indicted associates facing charges over Georgia’s 2020 election results.
While Georgia is a “one-party consent” state allowing recordings if just one party approves, Maryland requires all parties to a phone call agree – potentially opening serious legal jeopardy for Willis if the accusations are substantiated.
The felony accusations are just the latest in a series of explosive claims threatening to derail the high-profile prosecution.
Willis is already facing calls to be disqualified from the case over her acknowledged relationship with a hired prosecutor while the two were allegedly engaged in undisclosed business dealings benefiting both.
An order last month from the presiding judge gave Willis an ultimatum – either recuse herself or remove her lover, prosecutor Nathan Wade, from the case. Willis opted to part ways with the prosecutor but has steadfastly refused to step aside from leading the controversial Trump case.
For their part, Trump and his co-defendants have mounted an aggressive defense, accusing Willis of pursuing a politically motivated “witch hunt” based on flimsy evidence. The former president faces a raft of criminal charges for alleged racketeering violations and soliciting election fraud.
With the trial still months away, the dueling allegations of official misconduct and prosecutorial overreach have become a legal battle that has potentially undermined public confidence in the legal system — regardless of verdict.
The Horn editorial team